Reply #23: There has always been some preverse idea of getting the teens partying was a good thing in Hollywood [View All]

[LynneSin]

Look at the lives of Drew Barrymore, Tatum O'Neill, Corey Feldman, Robert Downey Jr, Lindsey Lohan, Britney Spears - all of them made it big and all of them started partying when they were very young. ANd for some reason Hollywood accepted this as normal.

And every once in awhile you get a Drew Barrymore who managed to survive her stint of drug abuse (which if I recall started when she was 8 years old) to clean up before she was 21 and lead a productive life. Sometimes it's a Robert Downey Jr that takes a few attempts to make a clean break. But I worry about the Lindsay Lohan's - why has no one intervened with this girl and get her real help. Even Brittney's father stepped in and essentially took ownership of Britt's life in order to clean up her act.

Then you can get an Anna Paquin or Natalie Portman who both seem to have adjusted fine from being a talented child actress moving into a viable Hollywood star in their adult years. I don't think either of those gals ever got too mixed up in the drug culture.